The main theme of this paper is the analysis of the ways in which old age and aging are represented by the Hollywood industry, that is, through films, promotional posters, as well as through other film industry related narrations. Growing old is an inevitable biological process that each person goes through in their own specific way, however, old age is socially and culturally conditioned and through the analysis of the representation of aging we are able to acquire insights into the social, cultural and symbolic aspects of old age and aging. Special emphasis is on the analysis of gender differences concerning representations of women and men in the global film industry. This paper contributes to the field of anthropology of aging, as well as the anthropology of popular culture.